Avinash Sabale, known for his excellence in steeplechase, rewrote the men’s 5000m meet record with a fine effort of over 13:39.43, raising hopes that he would soon follow Bahadur Prasad’s since 1992. Can claim national record in name.
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Karthik Kumar’s bid for the double distance got stuck in front of Sable’s run.
Borgohain, 23, dropped Mohamed Anas Yahia’s current mark of 20.63 seconds in a race that finished the top three in under 21 seconds.
However, it was only Borgohain who matched the Asian Games qualifying standard set by the Athletics Federation of India. After competing in consecutive sub-21-second sprints in September and March, he testified to his progress.
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Running in his first competitive race at the distance at the national level, Sable became the fourth fastest Indian in the 12-1/2-lap race. In fact, it was the fastest 5000 meters by an Indian on home soil.
The top three finishers, including Uttar Pradesh’s Abhishek Pal, met the Asian Games qualification criteria set by the AFI.
A pulsating competition was witnessed with the triple jump aldhos paul Of Kerala He broke the 10-year-old meet mark by jumping 16.99m to claim the gold. One day when Praveen Chitravel (Tamil Nadu) and Karthik Unnikrishnan (Kerala) also secured qualifying points for the Commonwealth Games and the Asian Games, with Aldhos Paul winning by a comfortable margin.
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Two 31-year-old hammer throwers, Sarita Romit Singh (Uttar Pradesh) and Manju Bala Singh (Rajasthan) produced an exciting contest. After trading the national record over the years, he fought tooth and nail on Wednesday.
Manju Bala Singh took a lead of 63.12m in her third attempt, but Sarita Romit Singh won the gold medal in her fifth attempt with 64.16m.
Manju Bala Singh also came in her last attempt with a throw of 64m, but had to be content with silver. They pushed each other so competitively that it was the first time that both had breached 64 meters in the same competition. He also earned qualifying points for the Commonwealth Games and the Asian Games.
In the thrilling women’s 200m final, Hima Dasi (Assam) withdrew the challenge from Aishwarya Kailash Mishra (Maharashtra) and Priya H Mohan (Karnataka). Hima Das stopped the clock in 23.63 seconds to win 400m champion Aishwarya by a hundredth of a second.
Hima Das won 200m gold in a tough competition with Aishwarya Kaila Mishra. Hima clocks 23.63 seconds while Aishwarya’s 23… https://t.co/culhH6Hjum
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Priya H Mohan, who did not compete in the 400m, finished third in a personal best time.
There was a similar contest in the men’s 400m hurdles final, with MPs Jabir (Kerala) and T Santosh Kumar (Tamil Nadu) coming home within 51 seconds, while Dhaval Mahesh Utekar (Gujarat) defeated Ayyasamy Dharun (Tamil Nadu). Won bronze medal by defeating ,
Veteran Anu Raghavan defeated her youth partner R Aarti from Kerala to win the gold medal in the women’s 400m hurdles.